Install the tools you will need with the mac package manager homebrew

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Install java8 ( the second command is required since java8 is no longer the default on macos  ): 

brew update 

brew tap caskroom/versions

brew cask install java8

- install maven

• • brew install maven
  • Create the settings.xml for maven - Follow the steps from here: https://hee-tis.atlassian.net/wiki/display/TISDEV/Maven, also ensure that your public ssh key is on the jenkins azure box

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3. Connect your shell to the default machine.

$ eval "$(docker-machine env default)"

- create an Elastic Search docker container

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• docker-compose up  ( use "-d" option to run in the background) or sudo docker-compose up if you get "oci runtime errors" 
• docker ps → verify the container is running
• in a Chrome browser http://192.168.99.100:9200/ (localhost:9200 if your using docker for mac - native) - you should get an elastic search REST response

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